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  • Jacinda Ardern's meeting with Malcolm Turnbull
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will meet her Australian counterpart this weekend, her first overseas trip as leader of New Zealand. While there are many issues to discuss the detention centre Manus Island is likely to be high on the agenda. Ms Ardern has kept her predecessor's offer to take in 150 refugees who remain in Australia's offshore detention centres. There are fears this could set a precedent though, which is why the offers been rejected by the Australian government many times. The panellists discuss the best move.
    6 min
  • The Port Hills fires review
    An independent review of the port hills fires earlier this year has found the fires were suspicious and the response by emergency services was lacking. The review says the public was confused by bad communication at the time but overall most of the operational decisions were correct. The panellists weigh in.
    3 min
  • New Wellington Monopoly
    The new Wellington monopoly has been released today, featuring landmarks like the Beehive, Lampton Quay and Te Papa but there's been outrage over the places that were ignored. The panellists weigh in about the decision and if Monopoly has lost sight of its own game.
    4 min
  • End of Year prank goes wrong
    A Hamilton Boys' High student has been injured after a group of teenage girl rode through the school topless on motorbikes. The girls, from Waikato Dio, were taking part in an end-of-year prank that went wrong when one of the boys had his leg run over. Police and the school are investigating. We ask the panellists if school pranks are getting out of hand.
    3 min
  • Whitebaiters muddying the waters
    Detergent and cooking oil has been used by whitebaiters to improve water clarity in Canterbury, shocking environment groups. The whitebaiters could face enforcement action for what could be very harmful to marine life. Dr Tim Davie from Environment Canterbury tells us what this could be doing to the rivers and why the fishermen seem to oblivious to the problem they're causing.
    4 min
  • Wicked under fire again
    Wicked campervans, previously in the spotlight for its lewd and misogynistic messages, is now under fire again. On its website it compares the New Zealand government to crack addicts and Nazi's in a message telling tourists to check where they can camp. Dunedin City Councillor Kate Wilson has lodged a complaint with the commerce commission over the language. She joins the panel to discuss if the company really be brought into line or if it free to make comments, however offensive, as it pleases.
    6 min

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